Equipment

Oakley Golf goes lighter and lower with its two new shoes

Published

11 years ago

Jan 30, 2013

For those golfers looking to reduce the burden on their feet during a round of golf, Oakley Golf may have the answer.

Its newest tech series shoe, the Cipher 2, weighs only 9.2 ounces — 1.4 ounces lighter than Adidas’ new adizero shoes, which were released earlier this month.

To help get the weight down, Oakley moved away from the traditional cleat design and instead used NanoSpikes on the bottom of the shoe. These small, high-grade pieces of metal were tested at USC’s biokinesiolgy institute and were found to last as long, or longer, than other spikes on the market.

For the golfer who wants a more traditional shoe, there’s the new Oakley Carbon Pro. Oakley worked with Softspikes to include its Performance Insert System (PINS) to the bottom of the cleats to help make the spikes lower and lighter.

The inside of the Carbon Pro contains Octostick, a silicon additive that will help prevent the foot from moving around within the shoe.

“We wanted to create a higher-end, durable shoe,” said Justin Cobb, Oakley channel sales manager for apparel, footwear and accessories. “You have your Cypher, which is a real technical product and you also have your (Tour) series product which is going to be really durable and going to take a lot of rounds of golf.”

The lower-to-the-ground cleats will help give golfers more stability while swinging. Get more information about the shoes by watching the video below:

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The Cypher 2 will sell for $150 while the Carbon Pro retails for $200. Both shoes come in five different color schemes. Check out the photos of the shoe in the gallery below:

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Whats in the Bag

Rasmus Højgaard WITB 2024 (April)

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18 hours ago

Apr 23, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

Rasmus Højgaard what’s in the bag accurate as of the Zurich Classic.

Driver: Callaway Ai Smoke Triple Diamond (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K Blue 60 TX

3-wood: Callaway Ai Smoke Triple Diamond Prototype (16.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K White 80 TX

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Utility: Callaway Apex UW (21 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei AV Raw White 85 TX

Irons: Callaway Apex Pro (3), Callaway X Forged (4-PW)
Shafts: KBS $-Taper 130

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Wedges: Callaway Jaws Raw (52-10S, 56-10S, 60-06C)
Shafts: KBS Tour 130 X

Putter: Odyssey Ai One Milled Eight T DB

Grips: Golf Pride MCC

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Whats in the Bag

Rory McIlroy WITB 2024 (April)

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19 hours ago

Apr 23, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

Rory McIlroy what’s in the bag accurate as of the Zurich Classic.

Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 (9 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X

3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 8 X

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5-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (18 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 9 X

Irons: TaylorMade Proto (4), TaylorMade Rors Proto (5-9)
Shaft: Project X 7.0 (4-9)

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Wedges: TaylorMade MG4 (46-09SB, 50-09SB, 54-11SB), Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks (58-K @59)
Shafts: Project X 6.5 (46-54), Project X 6.5 Wedge (60)

Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour X3
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy Pistol Tour

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Ball: 2024 TaylorMade TP5x

Grips: Golf Pride MCC

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Equipment

Spotted: Nate Lashley’s Ping PLD “Wolverine” putter

Published

19 hours ago

Apr 23, 2024

Brian Knudson

Ping PLD putters have been a very common site on profesional tours. Pros seem to gravitate toward the PLD line’s custom options and precision milling. We have seen the PLD line expanded over the years, but we haven’t seen too many, if any, large mallets.

This week we spotted a PLD putter in Nate Lashley’s bag that has a similar look to the old Ping Wolverine head shape. This putter is a large mallet with the famous “claws” on the outside and oval center that housed the alignment aid.

Nick’s putter has the PLD logo on the back but also looks like it might have an insert installed on the face. It is hard to tell but at the address picture, it looks like the face is a lighter material than the rest of the putters. The putter is center-shafted and should be face-balanced with a high MOI for stability and forgiveness on mishits. The sole is completely milled and has no markings of name or technologies that might be present in the head. A single white site line is on the top of the putter for alignment.